Jim Hartung, Gymnast Who Helped Deliver U.S. Gold, Dies at 65

Scritto il 15/01/2026
da Jeré Longman

In an upset victory over China at the 1984 Olympics, he and five others became the only American men ever to win the gold medal in the gymnastics team competition.Hartung during his floor exercise at the 1984 Games. The American men’s team victory was so surprising that the team’s coach compared it to the United States hockey team’s “Miracle on Ice” victory at the Winter Olympics four years earlier.